Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Yesterday I stumbled upon a very old song. This song is a qawwaali and I was pleasantly surprised by it. This qawwali is from a movie called “Beqasoor” (1950).
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Ban ke suhaagan rahi abhaagan
Posted on: May 27, 2010
I was not aware about this movie called “Aadhi Raat” (1950). This movie had Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Jeewan, Kuldip Kaur etc in it. And this movie had some decent songs in it too.
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Saajan ki ot leke
Posted on: May 23, 2010
“Zewaraat” (1949) is an obscure movie by now. From the little information that I could ferret out about this movie, this movie had Meena (Shorey ?), Masood (?), Yaaqub etc in it.
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I had never heard this song before. And I cannot be blamed either for not having heard this song before. This song is from an old and forgotten film called “Tohfaa” (1947). This film had actors like Rehman,Anuradha(?) , Mishra (?), Nawab (?),Veera (?) etc etc.
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Wo sapne waali raat
Posted on: May 22, 2010
Nargis and Raj Kapoor had worked together in 14 movies in all. One of the lesser known movies where they worked together is called “Pyaar” (1950). This movie may be lesser known, but it is a trivia buff’s delight. For instance, this is the only movie where Kishore Kumar gave playback for Raj Kapoor.
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Aayenge aayenge aayenge re
Posted on: May 18, 2010
This song is from a very old movie called “Dil Ki Rani” (1947). Most people involved in the creation of this song are now household names, but at the time of creation of this song, they were newcomers. In fact the names by which they were then known are not the names by which they are known today.
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I came across this song from a very old movie called “Singaar” (1949). The artists involved in creating this song are not all that well known today. The singer is Surinder Kaur and the lyricist is Nakshab. Khursheed Anwar composed the music.
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Jab nain se nain milen
Posted on: May 5, 2010
“Veer Babhruwaahan” (1950) is a movie about which very little is known today. The only think I know about this movie is that Mridula was the heroine of this movie. I am not sure about the identity of the hero. May be this song, which shows both of them will help readers of this blog to be able to identify the other actors of this movie.
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Ambuaa ki daari pe bole re koyaliyaa
Posted on: May 3, 2010
“Dahej”(1950) is a movie about whose existence I became aware after the farmaishes of an oldtimer reader (Dr Vyas) of this blog. And I am glad that I became aware of this movie. What wonderful songs this movie has !
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Dheere dheere behti naiyya
Posted on: April 30, 2010
I have posted a song from “Veer Babhruwaahan” (1950) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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